Backup and Data Protection: UK Special Report

Backup is no longer the only data protection game in town. Where once the tape drive reigned
supreme, there's now a sometimes confusing mass of different technologies jostling for recognition.
Replication, snapshots, deduplication, continuous data protection (CDP) and more are all
technologies that storage managers need to investigate and choose from when creating data backup
strategies. Check out this three-part UK Special Report on Data Backup and Protection to learn
more.

Does Doctor Who keep backups in the Tardis? The concept certainly wouldn't be strange to him
because data protection is a journey in time. At one end there's the archive view of how your data
looked years ago, in the middle is the backup of the system from last weekend, and at the other end
is a copy of how it is right now.

With replication, snapshots, deduplication, continuous data protection (CDP) and more, few areas
of information technology have changed as much as data protection. Where once the tape drive
reigned supreme, there's now a sometimes confusing mass of different technologies jostling for
recognition.

The purpose of this guide is to give readers an overview of backup and other data protection
products. While not a comprehensive survey of specific backup and data protection products, it does
provide an overview of the types of utility available and their features so prospective buyers can
decide what combination of products suits their needs.

This overview of data protection products looks at the technologies behind backup, replication,
mirroring, CDP and snapshots; how they can be used; and their benefits.

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